How should pregnant women treat themselves when they have a cold?

Cold is one of the minor illnesses we often encounter. There are many reasons for colds, whether it is climate problems or physical problems, even some small things in life can cause colds, especially colds in pregnant women. Colds are a common problem for pregnant women during pregnancy. Colds are minor illnesses, but there are many factors that cause colds, and pregnant women are a special group of people. Therefore, we must pay more attention to their physical health.

What to do if a pregnant woman catches a cold

1. If a pregnant woman only has simple cold symptoms, she can use some dietary therapies to treat it, such as drinking ginger and sugar water, maintaining a happy mood, and enhancing immunity.

2. If the cold symptoms are severe, for the health of the fetus, you should go to the hospital for treatment in time. You can take some Chinese medicine to treat the cold, which will have little effect on the fetus.

3. Put down the heavy work at hand, rest more, avoid fatigue and stress, and reduce the occurrence of complications.

4. Taking a warm bath improves blood circulation, helps boost spirits and relieves discomfort.

5. Drink more water (and more soup) to replenish the body fluids lost during colds and fevers and help excrete toxic substances.

6. Remember to avoid certain foods! When you have a sore throat, eat less spicy, fried or stir-fried food; when you have a cough, eat less citrus fruits such as oranges and tangerines; when you have stomach discomfort, avoid drinking cold drinks and eat less greasy food.

7. Take vitamin C appropriately to relieve cold symptoms such as coughing and sneezing.

What fruits are good for a cold?

After catching a cold, people often have a decreased appetite. At this time, you can drink porridge, eat some light side dishes or fruits. So what fruits are good to eat when you have a cold? The first thing that comes to mind is pears. If you have a wind-heat cold, eating pears will definitely be beneficial and harmless. If you have a wind-cold cold, try to eat less. Therefore, the fruits you eat when you have a cold should be selected according to the type of cold.

Some people wonder, if it is a cold caused by wind and cold, since most fruits are cold in nature, will eating fruits make the cold worse? Taking 1,000 mg of vitamin C every day can reduce the number of colds a person catches by 45% and the number of days spent sick by 60%. Therefore, you can eat fruits during a cold, the key is to pay attention to which fruits are good to eat.

There are countless types of fruits in various shapes and appearances, so which fruit is the best at fighting colds? As mentioned earlier, vitamin C has a good effect on colds, and the vitamin C content in dark-colored fruits is higher than that in light-colored fruits. For example, mango, yellow apricot, yellow peach and other dark-colored fruits have relatively high vitamin C content, so you might as well choose these fruits to eat.

In addition, patients with colds should eat strawberries, citrus fruits, watermelon, papaya, and grapes. They are rich in vitamins C and A and are effective in treating colds.

What fruits are good for preventing colds?

Pineapple: Pineapple contains almost all the vitamins needed by the human body, 16 natural minerals, and can effectively help digestion and absorption. The bromelain contained in pineapple can not only help cold patients relieve sore throat and cough symptoms, but also effectively break down protein in food, increase gastrointestinal motility, and enhance the body's immunity.

Pear: Pears are cool in nature, sweet in taste, and can promote salivation, clear away heat and resolve phlegm. It has a significant alleviating effect on symptoms such as wind-heat cold, fever, dry mouth, cough and sputum. Patients with wind-heat cold can use a raw pear, wash it, cut it into pieces with the skin, add rock sugar and stew it in water to take orally, which will have a good therapeutic effect.

Sugarcane: Sugarcane is cold in nature, sweet in taste, and can clear away heat and promote salivation. "Sui Xi Ju Diet" believes that sugarcane has the effect of "relieve throat". When you have a sore throat, dry mouth and cough due to a wind-heat cold, eating sugarcane can clear away heat and relieve throat symptoms.

Pomelo: Pomelo is cold in nature and sweet in taste. It contains a variety of nutrients, such as carotene, vitamin C, vitamin Bl, vitamin B:, niacin, etc., which can reduce phlegm, relieve cough, and benefit the lungs. However, grapefruit is cold in nature and should not be consumed in excess. Eating 2-3 pieces is enough to relieve the symptoms.

Kumquat: Kumquat is sweet and sour, mild in temperature, and has the effects of moistening the lungs, stimulating appetite, and quenching thirst. Oranges generally have such effects, but kumquats have the most outstanding performance. Eating more of them in daily life will be beneficial to your body rather than harmful.

The common cold has mild symptoms, such as clear runny nose and sneezing, which have little effect on the fetus. There is no need to take medicine. You will be fine after a few days of rest. However, during the second trimester (April-July), the fetus's embryonic development and organ formation time are mainly during this period. If you catch influenza and the symptoms are severe, it will have a greater impact on the fetus. Taking medication during this period will also pose a greater risk to the fetus. Fever over 39°C. If the fever exceeds 39°C, it may cause fetal disability or miscarriage. In addition, sometimes cold-like symptoms may be pyelonephritis.

From the above content, it can be seen that colds should not be underestimated, especially colds in pregnant women. Correct treatment methods must be taken in time to drive away the cold in time and protect the health of adults and children. Pregnant women are the key protected persons in the family and must be given special attention.